Objective
The F3 consortium’s vision is that the EU’s chemical industry’s competitive position would be strongly enhanced if it could operate modular continuous plant (F3 plant) which combines world scale continuous plant efficiency, consistency and scalability with the versatility of batch operation. Our project will deliver such a radically new production mode based on: a) Plug–and–play modular chemical production technology, capable of widespread implementation throughout the chemical industry. This technology uses generic backbone facilities designed for rapid interfacing with standardized process equipment containers (PEC). The PEC house process equipment assemblies (PEA) composed of intensified process equipment for fast, flexible future chemical production b) Holistic process design methodology applying process intensification concepts and innovative decision tools. This will accelerate process development and provides a substantial reduction in energy consumption, raw material usage and plant volumes. Our consortium of leading academic & research institutions and 7 major synthetic chemical producing industrial companies has 3 main goals: 1. To prove the technical feasibility of the F3 mode of manufacturing by building and operating a 0.1 to 30 kg/hr demonstration facility, 2. To demonstrate that operation of F3 plant will be more economical, ecoefficient and more sustainable than conventional production modes like large scale continuous or small to medium scale batch processing. 3. To drive a step change in the technology available to EU chemical production and engineering companies by designing intensified equipment for reaction and down stream processing, dissemination of standards for plug and play modular plant and providing open access to the backbone facility Our estimates indicate that the F3 concept will generate additional new business and will save 3.75 billion euro when existing products change to the F3 mode of manufacture.
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FP7-NMP-2008-LARGE-2
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CP-IP - Large-scale integrating projectCoordinator
51368 LEVERKUSEN
Germany
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54501 VANDOEUVRE LES NANCY CEDEX
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CB2 0AA Cambridge
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67063 Ludwigshafen Am Rhein
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OX4 2HN Oxford
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35510 Butzbach
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75794 Paris
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69730 Genay
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2800 Kongens Lyngby
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55234 Wendelsheim
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54052 Nancy Cedex
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45128 Essen
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30239 Krakow
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165 02 Praha 6
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100 44 Stockholm
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4824 EH Breda
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69003 Lyon
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52062 Aachen
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44227 Dortmund
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5612 AE Eindhoven
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NE1 7RU Newcastle Upon Tyne
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33098 Paderborn
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1853 Strombeek Bever
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44801 Bochum
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45128 Essen
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51373 Leverkusen
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76131 Karlsruhe
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